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How To Make Sure Homework Really Helps (a.k.a.: “Retrieval Practice...
Most research focuses narrowly on just a few questions. For instance: “Does mindful meditation help…
Possible Selves in STEM: Helping Students See Themselves as Scientists
Why don’t more students sign up for STEM classes, and enter STEM careers? Could we…
Research Summary: The Best and Worst Highlighting Strategies
Does highlighting help students learn? As is so often the case, the answer is: it…
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“Wait Just a Minute!”: The Benefits of Procrastination?
“A year from now, you’ll wish you had started today.” This quotation, attributed to Karen…
New Year, New Habits: More Learning!
When the school year starts back up in January, teachers would LOVE to use this…
The Great Homework Debate: Working Memory Disadvantage?
New research into working memory might give teachers fresh perspective in the great homework debate. Well-designed homework might make new words and concepts easier to learn, because the right kind of practice can reduce differences between high- and low-working-memory students. Continue reading
Should Mothers Help Children With Homework?
According to a new study in Finland, a mother’s homework help might reduce her child’s feelings of autonomy and competence. For this reason, even well-intentioned help might reduce a child’s motivation–at least in 2nd and 3rd grades. Continue reading
Homework Improves Conscientiousness: Do You Believe It?
Obviously, conscientious students are more likely to do their homework. Researchers in Germany have found initial reasons to believe that doing homework improves conscientiousness. We can reasonably hope that homework benefits students beyond the learning its helps consolidate. Continue reading
No Homework in the Orchard
The Washington Post reports on [edit] Orchard School in South Burlington, VT, [a PK-5 school…
The Grade-School Homework Debate
A nicely balanced and well-informed article by Melinda Wenner Moyer.